Geographic Range
The Golden-Cheeked Warbler is a local breeder of the Central Texas hill country. The warbler only breeds and nests in the Edwards Plateau, Lampasas Cut Plain, and Central Mineral Range of Texas (Ladd and Gass, 1999). The warbler migrates from Central America in early March to breed in the Ashe juniper and oak woodlands of Central Texas. After breeding and raising their young throughout the summer months in Texas, the Golden-Cheeked Warbler then migrates back to winter in the mountainous regions of southern Mexico and Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras. The Golden-Cheek starts their migration journey around late July to late August. There have been accounts of warbler sightings in Costa Rica (Garigues, 2002) and Panama (Jones and Komar, 2006), and Florida, Virgin Islands, and the coast of California (All about Birds, 2014).
The Golden-Cheeked Warbler is a local breeder of the Central Texas hill country. The warbler only breeds and nests in the Edwards Plateau, Lampasas Cut Plain, and Central Mineral Range of Texas (Ladd and Gass, 1999). The warbler migrates from Central America in early March to breed in the Ashe juniper and oak woodlands of Central Texas. After breeding and raising their young throughout the summer months in Texas, the Golden-Cheeked Warbler then migrates back to winter in the mountainous regions of southern Mexico and Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras. The Golden-Cheek starts their migration journey around late July to late August. There have been accounts of warbler sightings in Costa Rica (Garigues, 2002) and Panama (Jones and Komar, 2006), and Florida, Virgin Islands, and the coast of California (All about Birds, 2014).